Originally Posted by JulieR

We are keeping ours.

1. Our security system and DSL use it.

2. Our house is too large for us to hear our cell phones from anywhere, and I am not carrying the phone around in my own house.

3. We live right around the corner from FEMA and smack in between Camp David and Site R, so during a national event it is unlikely we will have cell service.

4. In an event like 9/11 we WON'T have cell service, period; even when land lines are spotty they are better than nothing.

5. We can recharge our cell phones in the car if we have to, but it is nice knowing we can continue to use our land line phones indefinitely if the power is out.

We changed over most of our house phones to 1950's style rotary phones for some of these reasons.